The former four-sport athlete at Tuscola — who also earned News-Gazette male Athlete of the Year status in 2018 and now starts for Kaskaskia baseball — talks with preps coordinator Colin Likas about his time thus far in Centralia:

Mahomet-Seymour senior Grant Coleman locks down D-I status

15 have committed elsewhere

Locals familiar with former St. Thomas More and Champaign Central standout DOUG WALLEN had the chance to see him play basketball for Illinois Wesleyan last year at State Farm Center during an exhibition versus Illinois. He checks in on life in Bloomington-Normal:

CHAMPAIGN — From all the questions about his weight in high school to his hair length at Illinois, from his decision to leave the Illini and to embark upon his final season of college basketball 1,600 miles away from his hometown, one constant never left Michael Finke’s life.

M-S senior takes on extra workload

Welcome to “Good Morning, Illini Nation,” your daily dose of college basketball news from Illini beat writer and AP Top 25 voter Scott Richey. He’ll offer up insights every morning until practice tips off.

Champaign Central star’s recruitment predicated on final year

Five-star combo guard Nimari Burnett, who played his freshman season at Morgan Park alongside current Illini guard Ayo Dosunmu, had a strong spring and summer on the Nike EYBL circuit playing with Team WhyNot

The NCAA College Basketball Academy in Champaign has 39 players from the state of Illinois set to attend, including Champaign Central’s Pryce Punkay in the first session and Mahomet-Seymour’s Grant Coleman in the second.

STARTING MONDAY: The NCAA College Basketball Academy is the latest venture in the world of college basketball recruiting.

IHSA hopes to rejuvenate interest in state basketball finals with condensed schedule

The Illinois BC roster for The Basketball Tournament has a distinct Champaign vibe. Former Central standout Jay Simpson is coaching ... a bunch of Centennial guys.

With an ACL and meniscus injury suffered in early May keeping him out, Danville standout cheering on teammates at Peach Jam in North Augusta, S.C.  

Happy 27th birthday to Champaign’s Rayvonte Rice, who finished his college career with the Illini and is now trying to latch on with the Phoenix Suns.

Underwood: 'I’d be a very proud head coach to know that the best players in our state and best coaches year in and year out are stepping foot in what I think is one of the great venues in all of college basketball.'

College coaches have another evaluation period starting Wednesday — with Peach Jam in North Augusta, S.C., the preeminent event — and another from July 23-28 in the NCAA youth development camps (including one at Illinois).

Centennial High School's third Athletic Hall of Fame class is set to include, among others, a former Illinois football quarterback and the current coach of Parkland men's basketball.

For the first time ever, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley tops our all-sports rankings

For the first time ever, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley topped our annual chart of top programs of the year.

Recent Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley graduate Bryce Barnes helped lead GCMS to a state football title and a trip to state in boys’ basketball.